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The Cackleberry Club is composed of three women who have been friends since high school. Together they run the Cackleberry Café in Kindred. Their small town life is suddenly disrupted by two murders. The plot takes twists and turns that include arson, embezzlement and a local religious cult. How are these factors interrelated? Are they interrelated? While the book isn’t as intricate as a Mary Higgins Clark or Patricia Cornwell, it is engaging and hard to put down. Definitely a recommended summer read.

This book tells of the hard life and history in Afghanistan. Amir is a wealthy Pashtun boy who has two servants, a father and son. The servant\’s son is named Hassan, and is a Hazara. There is ethnic diversity in Afghanistan. Those who are Hazaras are usually treated unfairly. Amir and his father escape Afghanistan and migrated to the US, where they made a new life there. Amir learns the hardships of life. Amir soon finds out, after his father’s death, that Hassan was really his brother and that his son, Sohrab is in Afghanistan, where the Taliban has conquered the government. Amir ends up saving Sohrab. The story ends in a full circle, where Amir is flying a kite, like he used to with Hassan in their youth, during an Afghan tradition.

This was a reread to prepare for the reading of the next book in the series. Glad I took the time because I didn’t remember things and it was just nice to visit the characters and the setting of Bella Vista again

Basic premise – rich (but flaky) girl with summer home on Martha’s Vineyard befriends poor (but smart) girl. They become best friends although teenage (and beyond) angst occaisionally ensues (can you believe that two girls could have a crush on the same boy? Oh, the horrors!) Good summer reading – not too demanding – transports you to a beach house setting.

In book four of a quartet. Parker one of the four main protagonists finds love and a happily ever after. This book is based on Nora Roberts writing based on four childhood best friends who create a wedding planning business named Vows. A summer must read!